An Analysis of Leadership and Management at Pepsico Food Mexico

This report provides an analysis of leadership and management practices within Pepsico Food Mexico (PFM). It explores various leadership theories, including trait, contingency, and LMX theories, and their application in managing teams and achieving organizational goals. The report examines how Pepsico uses these theories to improve business performance, focusing on strategic planning, market research, and employee development. It highlights the role of the director and Consumer Strategic Insight (CSI) in adapting to market changes and implementing action plans. The report also discusses the importance of customer satisfaction, marketing strategies, and the impact of leadership on employee performance and organizational structure. Furthermore, the report delves into the application of various tools and techniques to enhance market research, improve food services, and create a customer-oriented and highly motivated organizational structure. The analysis emphasizes the importance of team building, setting vision, and segmenting work to reach targets, ultimately aiming to create a competitive advantage in the market.

Principles and Practice of Leadership and
Management

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
COURSEWORK 2...........................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCE...................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
The present report is based on understanding leadership and management concept of
Pepsico Food Mexico (PFM). It is worldwide food processing company of USA increases
revenue by providing food services to customers at high level. Different leadership theories and
approaches can be understood here.
COURSEWORK 2
Applying different leadership theories are crucial for leading people at workplace to
achieve set targets effectively. Under this process, various tools and techniques are used for
managing team and developing workers' skills at high level. Therefore leader applies theories
such as trait and contingency that is useful for implementing strategic plans. In this regard,
through trait theory, leader communicates target and strategies to be followed on that is useful to
gain effectiveness of organization. However, under contingency theory, leader own prepares plan
and further gives instruction to workers for performing their role model. LMX theory is stand
for leader member exchange theory that is useful for creating bond between leader and team
members of the organization. However, trust and respect is obtained for working in team as well
provides different ideas for increasing efficiency of group work. In addition to this, follower
ship leadership is beneficial for gaining team's objective systematically. Thus, leader expects
from team members to follow his instructions. It is considered that for effective team work, it is
necessary to follow all instructions and directions of leader to increase efficiency of entity
adequately. Thus, leader of Pepsico uses this theories for gaining contribution of workers to
increase team building efficiency at large scale. For improving business performance of Pepsico
by qualitative services of food services is done through leaders' role model. In this process,
leader of the entity builds team, prepares strategies and further segments work among team
members. Therefore, different planning and decision-making is processed by coordination of
leader and group workers.
As per the given scenario of Pepsico, customer demand and perception is analyzed by
Consumer Strategic Insight (CSI). It provides idea and suggestions for improving qualities of
services. However, director of the organization Jorge Rubio decides to change Pepsico's strategic

structure of market research research department. In this regard, it focuses to mold organizational
functions as flexible as possible (Grohar, DiCroce and Langan, 2016). According to this,
strategies to get adjusted as per changes occurs at workplace are implemented. Therefore, action
plans and various tools and techniques are applied by manager to conduct adequate market
research. It includes qualities and business performances related to food services of entity. Thus,
increasing in working efficiency to implement employment and qualities of organization at high
level. However, it can be achieved through leadership skills and managerial planning to make
entity more creative. It influences different business environmental factors as well working
ability of employees of the entity.
Systematic market research and several factors to implement action plans are applied for
organization's effectiveness. It is possible through preparing strategic plans and its
implementation including evaluation (Price and Weiss, 2013). In this regard, proper market
research is analyzed to create and organize changes at workplace for overall development of
organization. It is useful to increase value offer of Pepsico Food Maxico. However, CSI
recognizes all factors and services of PFM including team design, quantitative methodologies
and brand strategy to make place of food services in competitive market. In this reagrd,
discussion and decision-making process between director and CSI, several steps are determined
to be focused upon for implementing qualitative services. It involves establishing vision,
presenting core strategies, building team and segmenting work among members to reach out the
target. Therefore, at first, manager sets goal for improving quality and efficiencies of Pepsico.
Further, leader builds team of workers to meet strategic objectives (Karyono and Sutanto, 2016).
It includes formulation, implementation and evaluation of strategies. In this process, manager
and leader plays crucial role as well influences planning procedures and increasing efficiency of
organization.
It is considered that leader and manager are essential to increase work performance and
business profile of Pepsico at high level (Pepsico, 2016). However, it includes market research
and structure of entity's performances to develop strategies for qualitative business activities. It is
foretasted that business unit can create its organizational structure as fast, flexible, efficient,
customers oriented and highly motivated with effective business performance. Thus, director and
CIS concentrates to create market structure to be molded and more trust worthy (Karyono and

Sutanto, 2016). Therefore, society and community be aware of entity's food services. In
accordance to this, focusing upon different strategies of planning process impacts on employees
performance as well their coordination for building team and implementing action plans for
effective competencies. It includes several aspects of marketing and operating business activities
effectively. In this regard, leadership styles and skills development processes are recognized for
their better performances and efficient coordination at workplace. Thus, it is valuable technique
to frame new organizational structure for more effective and highly motivated. It includes
activities related to customer satisfaction. Therefore, Pepsico focuses to conduct proper
marketing research and useful food services to pull consumers at large scale. Therefore, it is
considered during discussion between director and CIS that buyers will be attracted towards food
services at large scale influences atmosphere of entity in systematic manner (Zeng and Honig,
2016).
Leadership skills are implemented through this approach to encourage employees for
better performances as well impacts on creating organizational structure. Marketing approach of
Pepsico effects on implementing strategic plans for good position in market. It is related to
building team and setting vision for effective qualities at workplace. Thus, various tools and
techniques are applied for responsibilities and positioning of product value in market. However,
Pepsico requires to be more competitive and applying techniques for attracting customers at high
level. It creates atmosphere of organization and business environmental factors are get impacted
through above mentioned techniques (Falola, Osibanjo and Ojo, 2014). It is beneficial to increase
efficiency of working stabilizes as well impacts on qualities of entity's performances. In this
regard, leadership and management of business activities are helpful to achieve organization's
qualitative services. It establishes good relationship with other business entities. According to
this, various methods are applied by Pepsico to implement strategies for marketing and business
operations. Therefore, transaction of food services including employees' work performance is
dtewrmined to present business profile. It is useful to make effective position in market.
Moreover, it impacts on business environment and factors to implement action plans are
recognized.
Pepsico sets goal to be more self responsible and customer oriented strategies to
implement actions for increasing in demand that impacts on organizational structure as well

improves employees performances at workplace. In addition to this, business operations and
increasing in business strategies are applied for organization's effectiveness. It is useful tool to
increase attraction and demand food services at high level (Karyono and Sutanto, 2016). It
impacts on productivity and profitability ratio of entity to make effective position in market for
competitive strategies. It includes various tools and techniques for effective business profile.
Moreover, proper market research and customer’s views regarding food services can be
determined by market research. It generates innovative ideas for implementing business
operations. It impacts on environment of organization as well liable to face competition. Thus,
these tools are valuable to create balance between production and distribution system of products
at large scale. Thus, increasing in effectiveness as well proper management of business
operations is possible through applying marketing research, optimum utilization of goods and
services, competitive strategies and business strategies to implement action plans. In this regard,
proper ideas to generate to get adjusted according to changes occurs at market place. It involves
focusing on demand, quality, market research and advertisement tools to pull customers at high
level (Antonakis and House, 2014).
Performance of employees at workplace plays key role to increase effectiveness and
efficiency of working abilities. However, it is determined that members' contribution in team
building and adequate leadership can be obtained through qualitative services. In this regard, it
can be foretasted that listening towards workers’ requirements and seeking to fulfill them
impacts on organization's working performance. In addition to this, it is recognized that workers'
contribution and qualitative services are beneficial to increase productivity of goods. It
influences developing atmosphere of organization. According to this, different strategies are
applied by manager and leader to encourage workers for better performance. Including this,
Pepsico facilitate training and development program to increase qualities of food services. In this
way, several tools and techniques are applied to aware public and customers towards food
services of organization (Dinh and eta.l., 2014). Thus, it impacts on trustworthy efficiencies to
pull consumers at high level. In accordance to this, it can be recognized that organizational
structure related to customer oriented, action oriented and employees' performance oriented
strategies to face comparative market. In this regard, it is determined that Pepsico can increase its
qualitative services through implementing action plans for sustainability.

Pepsico decides to change organizational structure to be faster, flexible and trust worthy
therefore various techniques are used to increase its efficiencies. In addition to this,
competencies are improved as well environment of entity get impacted. Hence, expansion of
firm is created by operating new branches of food Provider Company in other regions and
countries of the world (Price and Weiss, 2013). Therefore, optimum balance between demand
and supply can be obtained. In addition to this, organization focuses to improve qualitative
services through business operations at large scale which impacts on effectiveness and
efficiencies of entity. It emerges healthy and positive atmosphere of entity through effective
leadership styles and management of business activities. In accordance to this, it is observed that
proper supplement of goods impacts on other qualitative services of organization. Thus, proper
strategic ideas and approaches are implemented for better food services to attract customers in
developing manner (Nahavandi, 2016).
In addition to this, Pepsico sets target to increase performance of employees as per
working abilities. Therefore, organization provides training and development facilities to
workers. In this regard, leader of the firm builds team and sets target to increase working
efficiency. In this process, leader motivates members for coordinating in task accomplishments.
It is valuable to reach out the set goals smoothly. However, it is beneficial for increasing skills of
workers at large scale. Thus, it is recognized that workers' contribution is essential to increase
effectiveness of Pepsico. Moreover, organization sets target for employees to be more self
responsible, increasing in judgment power, coordinator and analyzer of performances
(Schuhmann, Magarian and Huttner, 2014). In this regard, it is evaluated that workers of the firm
can increase their working ability through taking advantage of training and development
programs facilitate by company. Thus, CSI makes plan to increase working efficiencies of
workers for better performances as well contributing at high level effects on development of
business organization as well impacts on atmosphere of entity.
Managing director and CSI focuses upon analyzing market structure as well transaction
of goods and services for strategies to be implemented. In this regard, it is obtained that company
can improve its performance through overall development of business activities. However, for
this strategy, leader makes plan for increasing in working ability as well motivating employees
for better work and effective coordination at workplace. It involves different strategies and action

plans for protecting and implementing strategies to face competition. In this way, it is analyzed
that business strategies and competitive strategies are useful tools to run business entity
effectively. However, proper managerial plannings get impacts for attracting customers and
creating positive environment of organization (Falola, Osibanjo and Ojo, 2014). In this regard, it
can be determined that forecasting and planning tools for PepsiCo are effective for setting time
frames for strategic action plans. It is recognized that entity requires using techniques for
implementation in work performance as well positive and developing atmosphere of entity can
be created. Thus, forecasting and preparing plans for further business activities are useful to
increase working efficiencies of entity at high level. Moreover, it impacts on competitive
strategies of organization also focuses on business strategies.
Therefore, leadership styles and management of business operations are useful to increase
effectiveness of Pepsico. Thus, overall development of entity is achieved through different tools
and techniques. It includes market research, strategic plans and competitive strategies to make
position in market. However, CSI recognition and planning for implementation is beneficial to
increase performance of business and employees in effective manner. Thus, systematic
approaches for business plans as well action plans are obtained to increase market position and
effective reputation at workplace. In addition to this, changeable structural framework of
organization can be created by using business and competitive strategies at large scale. In
addition to this, various aspects are recognized to mold organizational structure as fast, flexible
through leadership and management approaches. Thus, it is benefited for competition surviving
entity to face competition and making place in market. It is beneficial for increasing in
effectiveness and efficiencies of food services. It is useful technique to improve business
activates as well able to present proper market position of food services (Zeng and Honig,
2016). Moreover, getting adjusted towards changes occurs at workplace can be managed through
managerial planning procedure. In this regard, various tools and techniques for increasing
product value in market can be utilized by adopting changes and implementing action plans for
organization's effectiveness.
CONCLUSION
Thus, proper ideas are generated to mold organizational structure according to market
demand is presented. In addition to this, leadership and management approaches values

are determined through study to get developing strategies for further business activities. It
is organized that customer oriented, action oriented and effective performance is obtained
through various techniques.

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